{"source":{"name":"Evidence Hub on Social Media Ban for Kids - A project by the Lisbon Council","url":"https:\/\/socialmediaban.lisboncouncil.net","license":"Creative Common CC-BY 4.0 International"},"data":[{"data":[62,68],"name":"Yes"},{"data":[48,32],"name":"No"}],"_data":[["Category","Yes","No"],["Platforms with explicit age limits in Terms of Services (TOS)",62,48],["Platforms with age limits in TOS and using ANY age assurance mechanism",68,32]],"labels":{"values":["Platforms with explicit age limits in Terms of Services (TOS)","Platforms with age limits in TOS and using ANY age assurance mechanism"]},"metadata":{"link":"https:\/\/www.privacyenforcement.net\/system\/files\/2026-03\/GPEN%20Sweep%20Report%20-%20March%202026%20-%20EN.pdf","type":"","unit":"Percent (%)","year":"2025","title":"Enforcement gaps of age assurance in tested digital services","topic":"Usage Patterns","method":"survey","source":"Global Privacy Enforcement Network Sweep Report: Children's Privacy, March 2026","sub_topic":"","chart_number":"80.0","geographical":""},"description":"This chart illustrates the discrepancy between the legal policies of digital services and the technical reality, in several apps and websites tested. Although 62% of tested platforms (517 out of 832) explicitly prohibit children under the age of 13 in their terms of service, almost a third, 32% of these (164 out of 517) offer no mechanism to prevent underage access whatsoever. The remaining 68% of the tested platforms use at least one age assurance mechanism, the most commonly employed being: self-declaration, age verification or age estimation. The distribution of these methods is presented in Chart n. 81"}